Jiang Ranran was dressed to the nines today.

She was wearing a dress worth 30,000 yuan, with exquisite headdress and makeup, making her look like she was attending a banquet.

"Mom, do you think Si Boye wants to see me?" Jiang Ranran asked nervously, holding Chen Fulan's hand.

Chen Fulan immediately replied, "Of course! You're renowned for your excellence in Jiangcheng's high society circles. Si Boye might have wanted to meet you for a long time!"

Hearing her mother say that, Jiang Ranran also puffed out her chest with confidence.

The butler arrived the next second.

The butler, being a respectable man, didn't dare relay Si Boye's exact words. He simply said, "Mr. Jiang, our young master doesn't wish to see you. Please leave."

Si Boye doesn't want to see her?!

Jiang Ranran's face immediately fell.

He started complaining as soon as he stepped outside: "It must be because of Jiang Nian!"

"It's all Jiang Nian's fault for refusing Madam Si before, which offended the Si family. That's why they don't want to see me."

On her way home, Jiang Ranran grew increasingly resentful.

I took out my phone, logged into the school forum, and posted a message.

*

After logging off the game, Jiang Nian lay in bed for a long time without being able to fall asleep.

She has suffered from insomnia for ten years, and by trying to fall asleep on her own, she stays awake until dawn.

I still got up, opened the medicine bottle, and popped two sleeping pills into my mouth. But even sleeping pills were no longer very effective due to drug tolerance.

Just as I was starting to feel drowsy, I received a message from Han Xu, which snapped me back to reality.

[I'm copying this, Sister Nian, you really are a star wherever you go.]

[Right now, nine out of ten most recent posts on the UK-China forum are about you.]

Jiang Nian frowned: [What post?]

Han Xu sent over a website address.

Jiang Nian logged in and found that Han Xu was indeed not exaggerating.

The latest discussion threads on the homepage are all about her.

The incident started when someone posted a question asking if Jiang Nian, the new student who transferred to the top class today, was the genius girl J.

That evening, someone posted an anonymous thread with a huge, eye-catching red title: "[Transfer student Jiang Nian, have you no shame?]"

After clicking in:

[Since when can the worst student in a rural high school, expelled for fighting, get into the elite class at an English-medium high school? Did he get in through connections, like hooking up with some school board member?]

[Rural high school][Fighting and dropping out][Last in class][Getting involved with the school board]

Two simple sentences, yet all four points are explosive, and when combined with one person, they become even more eye-catching.

Adding to this Jiang Nian's cold demeanor in class today, and her relationship with Han Xu, it ignited the gossip fire of the senior year and even the entire Yingzhong High School.

This group of people, especially the wealthy young men with connections, managed to dig up all her past experiences in Yao County in less than three hours.

[Holy crap, this Jiang Nianhe doesn't just come from a rural high school, it seems like she's never actually gone to school! I had someone check her school records, and her only schooling experience is that she attended Yao County High School for one month as a second-year student!]

[My goodness, I was wondering how bad her grades had to be to be last in the class. I saw her final exam results from Yaoxian High School. The exams in that run-down rural county should be pretty easy, right? Here's her report card.]

A transcript from the academic affairs system was posted online, and Jiang Nian's name was prominently displayed on it.

Nine courses.

Chinese 18, Mathematics 12, English 15, Politics 8, History 26, Geography 15, Biology 17, Chemistry 16, Physics 22, Total 149.

Upon seeing this report card, the forum was abuzz with excitement.

[Holy crap, a single-digit score? Even if you guessed all the multiple-choice questions, you wouldn't get a single-digit score, right? Just how stupid is Jiang Nian?]

[I initially thought that getting last place might mean she missed the exam or submitted a blank paper, but it turns out Jiang Nianzhen took all nine subjects seriously and still got such a low score? I could do better than her even with my eyes closed!]

[A total score of 149 across nine subjects is laughable; even combined, it's not as high as Rin's score in just one subject, Math.]

[Jiang Ranran said Jiang Nian has severed ties with their Jiang family, so how did someone with no background, poor grades, and who was expelled even get into the top class?]

[Wasn't it said that her relationship with Han Xu was unusual, and that Han Xu got her in? Or maybe she really did hook up with a school board member; the only thing these people have going for them is their youth and body.]

[What's the use of getting in through connections? If you don't pass the placement test, you'll still be kicked out of the honors class.]

...

Jiang Nian didn't have the patience to scroll through all the comments, which were over ten pages long, so she closed the webpage.

Han Xu, however, grew increasingly angry and called.

"Damn, these people know nothing, yet they're barking like dogs. Sister Nian, should I help you clarify things?"

Jiang Nian habitually reached into her pocket for a cigarette, only to remember that she had quit.

"There's nothing to clarify. I did only attend the second year of high school in Yao County for one month, I was indeed expelled, and my exam results were indeed the worst. The report card they posted is also real."

"But you got the lowest score and were expelled because..." Han Xu said indignantly, "Never mind, but their behavior of digging into other people's privacy and posting it is disgusting. If they're so capable, they shouldn't keep it anonymous."

"I'm going to hack into the forum and expose these people one by one, especially the one who started the anonymous post."

I don't know if the person who posted this was someone who overheard Jiang Ranran's words in class today, or Jiang Ranran herself.

Jiang Nian was too lazy to think about such things.

She never wastes her energy on unnecessary people.

"No need, I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep."

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